Four days after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, American open-wheel racing series CART held its first race in Europe, hastily renamed from the German 500 to the 2001 American Memorial. With ...
Scott Brayton’s 1995 (L) and 1996 (R) pole-setting Indy cars, both powered by a turbocharged Buick V-6. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. To change a long-stodgy image and promote its line of turbochar...
Jerry Sneva at Indy, 1977. Photos courtesy IMS. Born into a racing family, Jerry Sneva climbed the ladder from Spokane, Washington’s dirt tracks all the way to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 197...